Biting cold in Valley, water supply lines freeze
SRINAGAR :Cold wave conditions intensified across Kashmir, except Srinagar city, as the mercury slipped further below the freezing point, resulting in frozen water bodies and water supply lines in several residential areas on Tuesday.
Srinagar — the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir — which recorded the coldest night in 11 years on Monday at minus 6.8° C, experienced some respite as the mercury settled over a degree higher at minus 5.5° C last night, a Met department official said.the official said Qazigund — the gateway town to the Valley — in south Kashmir recorded a low of minus 5.2° C, while the nearby Kokernag town registered a low of minus 5.3° C last night.
Kupwara in north Kashmir recorded a low of minus 5.2° C last night, he said.
The night temperature in Pahalgam, which serves as one of the base camps for the annual Amarnath Yatra, in south Kashmir, settled at a low of minus 7.7° C last night, the official said, adding the resort was colder than Gulmarg and the coldest place in the Valley.
The ski-resort of Gulmarg in north Kashmir recorded a minimum temperature of minus 7.6° C, he said.t
he official said Leh recorded a low of minus 10.0° C last night — up from minus 14.7° C the previous night.
The nearby Kargil recorded a low of minus 14.2° C, he added. The cold wave has resulted in